Attending: Vinny Ieni, Grace Zuccaro, Aldo Oirano, Leigh Hall, Lucy Del Muto, Tomasa Brenes, Juana Borja, Susan Voloshin, Karyl Stoia (Friends of Belle Isle), Ana Maria Gomez, Loretta Pardi, Nancei Radicchi, Tom Pardi, Kathleen Welch, Edith DeAngelis, Florence D’Avella, Woody Dorsey and B. Amore (Kokoro Carvers) and Stacey Chacker (NOAH).

Updates:

• Mystic River is being filmed along Condor and Falcon Streets on Sept. 26^th and 27^th.

• Mystic River Watershed Assn would like a CCAG rep for their Board. Rosie is also asking Chelsea members. No EB-CCAG members were interested at this time.

• The Trust for Public Land meeting with Hess has been postponed until at least October.

• Urban Ring – Advisory Council: ACE – the Alternatives for Community and Environment, which has been leading the struggle for transportation justice has a seat on the Urban Ring Advisory Committee. They are interested in having other community minded people join them on this Council so that we may make the voice for transportation justice heard and have an impact. Some of the issues re: the Urban Ring is that how it is currently proposed, there a few stops in urban residential neighborhoods (it's designed to serve institutions and business), and it could take funding from other projects (e.g. station renovations in E.B.) to accomplish this big project. The Urban Ring CAC meetings are once/month later afternoon/evening. Next one is Oct 8, 4-6pm at the State Transportation Building downtown (off the Commons). If you are potentially interested, you may contact Penn Loh at ACE -- 617-442-3343 or penn@ace-ej.org.

• NOAH’s Annual meeting is October 17^th at 5:45 at Suffolk Downs. EB-CCAG will be recognized. NOAH hopes that you will attend the event. The price is $7 (include dinner) for NOAH members (for non-members it’s $10); NOAH membership is free. Lucy was appointed to speak on behalf of EB-CCAG.

1. Condor Street Urban Wild:

   • Construction Update: Lucas Murray, Project Manager from Parks submitted the following written project update: Current construction efforts are going well at the Condor Street Urban Wild site as the contractor is on schedule and moving full steam ahead. Three barges, an old oil tank and a car have thus far been removed from the creek and excavation for the marsh continues. A minor challenge was posed when it was discovered that a drain line, that is slated to be relocated, was coming from a manhole other that than the one anticipated. After meeting the BWSC on two occasions I was able to resolve the problem in quick manner so as not to hold up the project progress.

   Construction on the underwater revetment for the salt marsh began today and will continue for the next two weeks. Once the revetment is complete Webster Engineering will excavate out the subbase for the salt marsh, clearing the way for the salt marsh substrate and the installation of marsh plant material. Due to the late start of construction potted Spartina alternifolia will be planted in lieu of the small culms originally planned for the project. The cost increase for this change was significant ($15,000 increase) but necessary to insure that the salt marsh will remain in place for the upcoming winter. The final planting of salt marsh material will occur in the spring of 2003.

   The current schedule calls for the marsh to be planted by November of this year. The crushing of concrete and laying of the subbase cap will also continue into the winter and the sculpture by B. Amore is expected to be installed by the end of November. However, once the subbase layer has been installed and compacted over the entire site operations could likely shut down due to the winter weather. This will allow the site to remain in a stabilized manner until the contractor can remobilize in the spring to place the topsoil, install furnishings, and install planting material. Therefore the final projected completion date is May of 2002.

   I am also currently working with the contractor on the new pier design, which should arrive next week. Once we have the new design in plan we will better estimate the difference in the overall cost of the new pier versus the one originally shown on the bid documents. If the community has any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me anytime at 617-635-4505 X 6513.

   • Additions to project: Parks has additional resources that can be used for further enhancements. We will discuss in detail at October 9^th meeting. Two ideas include putting in decorative gateways (there’s not enough money to put in a whole fence – unless it’s chain link). Another idea is to bring water to the site for water fountains and fawcets to water the site. Edie suggested that we look into getting irrigation for the site that turns off and on based on amount of rain. Stacey will ask Lucas to look into this.

   1. Public Art for Urban Wild:

      1. Slide Show: The Artists – B. and Woody showed slides of the Urban Wild groundbreaking, work on the site, and work on the rocks up in Vermont.

      2. Nancei reported the following: the history ad-hoc committee met twice with B at Maddy’s house in the last two weeks – they spent seven hours in all going over phrases to be put on the 29 rocks. Maddy, Leigh, Loretta, Ana-Maria, Carmella, Nancei and Vinny participated. They did a process of elimination, starting with all of the information that B had collected from our previous EB-CCAG meeting, and with her individual interviews with EB residents, and research. They came back with the list (see below); we reviewed this list at the meeting, and made changes based on participants’ suggestions. Please note, the list below is not the final list

Condor Street Stone Engravings - Final Suggestions for 9/24 Meeting

1. A learning place: appreciate it, observe it - let it be itself

2. Revitalization / Regeneration

3. We used to swim here

4. Tony C., #25, played ball at the City Yards

Feel at home here

East Boston is truly the light and life at the end of the tunnel. It’s richest resource: the people of East Boston.

Battle of Noddle Island and Chelsea Creek, May 27, 1775, first Naval battle of the

Revolution, HMS Diana sunk here

Immigrants build a strong community

First Inhabitants – Algonquin Nation

Salute to our heroes / East Boston Urban Pioneers

Sharing the Creek: East Boston, Chelsea, Revere

12. Chelsea Creek – a river flowing through history

Mystic River Watershed – Mystic River, Chelsea Creek River, Boston Inner Harbor

Actual River statistics (Susan will look up)

Activism – Dreams can become a reality, EB-CCAG

The Tides (Duncan’s Beach?) was our playground

East Boston High is built on the old reservoir (Ana Maria, is there a name in your photos?)

Peddlers’ horses were stabled at the City Yards

Condor Street Urban Wild – 1^st on the Eastern Seaboard

Eagle Hill Streets named for Birds, Battles, Generals

Remember Wood Island!

Welcome (possibly in languages represented by E.B. (past and present) such as: Albanian, Arabic, Gallic, Hebrew, Italian, Khmer (Cambodian), Portuguese, Somolian, Spanish, Vietnamese)

Working waterfront

Donald McKay’s Flying Cloud, swiftest on the sea

Sight of the tankers, sound of the tugs

Nature is Life

Name of the piece –

Eagle Hill, East Boston 2003

or

Eagle Hill, East Boston 2003

1. These stones were part of the seawall

2. Summerthing Concerts at the City Yards (years 1970s?)

Minutes submitted by Stacey Chacker. Call 617-569-0059 ext. 13 with corrections or additions.